Iris Rieg

Church musician, concert organist and composer Iris Rieg was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd in 1972. After studying music education, in which she completed the first state examination, she went on to study organ and Catholic church music. Rieg currently holds lectureships in Cologne and has published the improvisation school for organ “Feuer und Farbe.” Her freelance work as an organist, pianist, choir director and composer has taken her to the Church of Notre Dame, Paris and the Cologne and Berlin Cathedrals, among others. She has worked with ensembles such as the Neue Philharmonie Orchestra Frankfurt, the Bochum Symphony Orchestra, the Cologne Cathedral Choir and the European Chamber Choir.